Abstract
Nowadays forestry becomes one of occupational areas for the general job seekers. Then, the effects on wage determination in forestry of the human capital accumulated from the general education and the general labor market experience are needed to be studied. This study estimates the wage function for the blue-color workers in the 7 forest owners' cooperatives. According to the model in the past research, the age, the tenure, and the forestry experience are significant for the wage increase, but this model indicates only the forestry experience is significant. The occupational experience can be more important in the forestry. However, the general education may be meaningless for the wage increase in the forestry. If the increasing trend of the general job seekers into forestry continues, we need to utilize these experiences which are formed before the entry.
